Meaning of name Sam

The name Sam has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Sam is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 452 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Sam fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 10 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 468 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Sam in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Sam is very likely a(n) Nickname variant of the name Sampson. See other suggested Nickname boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Sampson.

The following names are baby names related to Sam and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Sam: Boys - Amarion, Amos, Benjamin, Cohen, Dor, Harrell, Jame, Jeremiah, Johan, Judd, Lemuel, Nathaniel, Samson, Tobias, Zackary, Zayden, Girls - Atha, Athalia, Migdalia, Sherilyn, Tamara, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

The name Sam is a variant of Sampson. Other popular variants of the name Sampson are: Sam (Nickname), Samson (Hebrew), Samzun (Breton), Sansao (Portuguese), Sansom, Sanson (Spanish), Sansone (Italian), Simson (Swedish)

We think the name Sam should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Sam to be: Strong and well-liked

In one word, you might describe Sam as a(n) "well-liked" person.

See other "well-liked" names for boys.